Organization: rational, natural, and open systems. / Richard Scott W.
Material type: TextPublisher: New Jersey: Prentice Halll, 2003Edition: 5th edDescription: xv, 430 p.: ill.; 23cmISBN: 013016559Subject(s): SociologyLOC classification: HM786.S3846Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Reference | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY Reference | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | HM786.S3846 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Not for loan | 7819/246/14 |
Includes index and references.
Contents: An Introduction to organizations: The subject is organization -- Three perspectives on organizations: Organizations as rational systems -- Organizations as natural systems -- Organizations as open systems -- Combining the perspectives -- Environments, strategies,and structures: Conceptions of environments -- Creating organizations -- Boundary setting and boundary spanning -- Sources of structural complexity: the technical core -- Sources of structural complexity: The peripheral components -- Goals, power, and control -- Organizations and society: Organizational pathologies -- Organizational effectiveness.
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